Domain-specificity and theory of mind: evaluating neuropsychological evidence

IA Apperly, D Samson, GW Humphreys - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2005 - cell.com
… In the current article we evaluate the neuropsychological evidence for the paradigm case
of reasoning about beliefs, for which the strongest claims about domain specificity have been …

Frontal and temporo-parietal lobe contributions to theory of mind: neuropsychological evidence from a false-belief task with reduced language and executive demands

IA Apperly, D Samson, C Chiavarino… - Journal of cognitive …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… We discuss the importance of gaining empirical evidence about the scope of “theory of
mind” impairments, and the important role for neuropsychological studies in this project. …

Theory of mind and executive functioning: A developmental neuropsychological approach

JE Benson, MA Sabbagh - Developmental social cognitive …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
… to the development of other aspects of theory of mind, such as the understanding of intentions…
Reading minds versus following rules: Dissociating theory of mind and executive control in …

Cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in neurodegenerative diseases: neuropsychological, neuroanatomical and neurochemical levels

M Poletti, I Enrici, M Adenzato - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
… The paper reviews of all of the current evidence on Theory of Mind (… The studies we reviewed
provided evidence of a deficit of the … ToM tasks in the neuropsychological assessment of …

Error analyses reveal contrasting deficits in “theory of mind”: neuropsychological evidence from a 3-option false belief task

D Samson, IA Apperly, GW Humphreys - Neuropsychologia, 2007 - Elsevier
Perspective taking is a crucial ability that guides our social interactions. In this study, we show
how the specific patterns of errors of brain-damaged patients in perspective taking tasks …

The relations between joint action and theory of mind: a neuropsychological analysis

GW Humphreys, J Bedford - Experimental brain research, 2011 - Springer
We examined the relations between joint action and Theory of Mind (ToM) in neurological
patients with impairments in ToM, in control patients (who passed ToM tasks) and non-…

Studies of adults can inform accounts of theory of mind development.

IA Apperly, D Samson… - Developmental psychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
There is strong evidence that developments in children's theory of mind (ToM) at 3? 4 years
are related to developments in language and executive function. However, these …

An investigation of affective theory of mind ability and its relation to neuropsychological functions in Alzheimer's disease

E Yildirim, E Soncu Buyukiscan… - … of neuropsychology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although cognitive theory of mind (ToM) has been largely studied within neurodegenerative …
]), together with its relationship with neuropsychological functioning. Eighty‐one participants …

Theory of mind and psychoses

GA Doody, M Götz, EC Johnstone, CD Frith… - Psychological …, 1998 - cambridge.org
… opportunity to explore the neuropsychology of schizophrenia in the mildly learning disabled
population. As we have shown, IQ varies with second order theory of mind ability in both the …

Theory of mind tasks and executive functions: a systematic review of group studies in neurology

T Aboulafia‐Brakha, B Christe… - … of neuropsychology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A growing number of studies have been addressing the relationship between theory of mind
(TOM) and executive functions (EF) in patients with acquired neurological pathology. In …